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England’s first World Cup semi-final in 28 years will air exclusively on ITV in the UK.

The Three Lions will take on Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow tomorrow, to be televised live in the UK from 7pm with build-up from 6pm. A win would ensure the England team’s first appearance in a World Cup final since the fateful 1966.

On the way to the semi-finals, England moved past a group containing Panama, Tunisia and Belgium, as well as overcoming Colombia and Sweden in the knock out rounds.

England’s penalty shoot-out win against Colombia broke television records last week as 24.4 million viewers tuned in to see Eric Dier secure an English victory. ITV will undoubtedly be hoping to revive the rating success against Croatia, albeit with perhaps a less heart-stopping finish.

Mark Pougatch will present ITV’s coverage and will be joined in the studio by Gary Neville, Lee Dixon, Ian Wright and Roy Keane with build up and analysis for the momentous occasion.

Jacqui Oatley, Slaven Bilić and Ryan Giggs will share the responsibility of delivering live interviews and updates from the pitch.

i still can’t get my head around the fact that the south korea became the first asian team to beat germany and mexicans are listening to kpop as a way of thanking korea for knocking germany out of the world cup…

All of my family & friends are now more interested in bts ever since South Korea beat Germany & Mexico got to advance to the round of 16, they fucking told me to invite bts to the next carne asada as if my ass is good friends with them, like bruh why are they like this?!? 💀

Mexican fans outside the Korean Embassy in Mexico City even celebrated with the ambassador, downing tequila shots together.

That’s the Korean consul general to Mexico, Byoung-Jin Han, celebrating with grateful Mexican fans outside the Korea embassy here. One fan said he took a shot of tequila with them earlier. pic.twitter.com/NGWEmRADUW

A quick illustration about South Korea's win today and how Mexico is celebrating like we didn't just lose 3-0 against Sweden. Also, South Korea just eliminated the defending champion, they might not have passed to the next round but they sure know how to make an impression 😎 pic.twitter.com/frsjxSQDXK

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World Cup 2018: Who will England play in the knockout stages?

After a performance we’ll be telling our grandkids about, England are through to the last sixteen of the World Cup.

England’s 6-1 thrashing of Panama means they will advance to the knockout phase of the tournament regardless of the result from their final group match against Belgium on Thursday.

However, England’s competitors have not been decided yet – and it all depends on that tricky Belgium game plus what happens in Group H.

So who will England face in their first knockout game of the World Cup? Here are the options:

If England top Group G…

The winners of Group G will play the runner-up of Group H on Monday July 2 at 7pm.

Group H contains Japan, Senegal, Colombia and Poland. After two losses in the competition so far, Poland is eliminated. However, first and second place are still very much up to grabs by all three remaining teams.

Like England, Group H will play their final games on Thursday June 28.

This means England will face either Japan, Senegal or Colombia on Monday July 2 at 7pm.

If England are Group G runners-up…

The runners-up of Group G will play the winner of Group H on Tuesday July 3 at 7pm.

This means England will face either Japan, Senegal or Colombia on Tuesday July 3 at 7pm.

What if England and Belgium draw on Thursday?

England and Belgium drawing on Thursday represents an unlikely scenario. As both teams will be even on goal difference and goals scored, FIFA states their rankings will be decided by fair play conduct.

This means the team with the fewest yellow cards will claim the top spot. Currently, the England team have received two yellow cards compared to Belgium’s three.

England will play Belgium in the FIFA World Cup on Thursday June 28, with coverage on ITV from 6.15pm.

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World Cup fixtures: Full schedule for Russia 2018

FIFA has now announced the fixtures in full for the next summer tournament – which takes place June 14-July 15 – and so TVGuide.co.uk have provided a run-down of all you need to know ahead of the first kick-off in Moscow.

Here are the dates, kick-off times and stadiums for the 2018 World Cup in Russia: